Staff

Cheyenne (Brady) Runsabove, MPH

Associate Director of Youth Programs
Cheyenne Runsabove (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Sac & Fox Nation and also represents the Cheyenne, Pawnee, Kiowa,…
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María Samaniego

Associate Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships
María Samaniego (she/her) is a nonprofit leader who has dedicated the last 18 years to improving access to opportunities in…
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Katy Stewart, MPH

Programs Manager
Katy Stewart (she/her) joined the Center for Native American Youth in July 2023 after five years with the Aspen New…
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Jamie Levitt

Communications Manager
Jamie Levitt (she/her) brings nearly a decade of strategic communications experience to CNAY, having sat in various roles across public…
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Tahnee Poafpybitty

Senior Program Associate
Tahnee Poafpybitty (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, descending from Chief Little Raven, a Sandcreek…
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Anthony Tamez-Pochel

Programs Contractor, 2018 Champion for Change
Anthony Michael Tamez-Pochel (he/him) was born and raised in Chicago, and is Saulteaux from Treaty 4 territory, Sicangu Lakota and…
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Samantha Hintz

Program Coordinator
Samantha Hintz (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, born and raised in…
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